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Should I ship a Point & Click Runner?
Runner + Point & Click
Only 11 developers shipped a Point & Click Runner in the last 2 years, too few for firm odds: the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.; the top game by est. revenue, Agreeee, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 14 more are announced, ×2.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 3 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $240 in the last 2 years and $300 over 4, against a market of $480 for a 3 / 10 build. 5 developers shipped in the last year and 14 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $30 (exactly $30) |
|---|---|
| Median | $238 (exactly $238) |
| Top 25% | $419 (exactly $419) |
| Top 5% | $172k (exactly $172,155) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 46 |
| Announced | 14 |
| Effort | 3 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | High |
| Typical price | $1.99 |
momentum: how a niche's revenue percentiles and developer count moved between two equal, adjacent periods, divided by the market's own move. See method., 12 months: revenue up 1330% on the market, supply 15% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 15%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is high: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Runner
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
- Point & Click
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 3 / 10 · small 2D action, light systems
- Systems
- Runner, Point & Click
- Price point
- $1.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 74% positive over 1,179 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 9 in 10 of the 9 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 14 games are announced against 5 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.8 per shipper.
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Comparable games
Agreeee 2025 · $172k 
Car Drive 2021 · $19k 
Infectious 2020 · $9.2k 
Rain Runner 2024 · $5.5k 
Leaper 2020 · $5.1k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Agreeee | $4.99 | 1,150 74% | 35k | $172k (exactly $172,155) | べすとまん | |
| | Car Drive | older | $44.99 | 14 64% | 420 | $19k (exactly $18,896) | kovalevviktor |
| | Infectious | older | $3.99 | 77 67% | 2.3k | $9.2k (exactly $9,217) | Ziggy Makes Games |
| | Rain Runner | older | $4.99 | 37 91% | 1.1k | $5.5k (exactly $5,539) | SkyBrave |
| | Leaper | older | $4.99 | 34 73% | 1.0k | $5.1k (exactly $5,090) | PixelLeap Games |
 | Power Driver | older | $4.99 | 24 95% | 720 | $3.6k (exactly $3,593) | Fasu Studio |
 | GasZilla | older | $4.99 | 23 91% | 690 | $3.4k (exactly $3,443) | SUJIKO Media Group |
 | Monsti | older | $0.99 | 68 69% | 2.0k | $2.0k (exactly $2,020) | Old Games |
 | Deep Night Runner | older | $4.99 | 13 76% | 390 | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) | DODRECK |
 | Apple Hopper | older | $4.99 | 11 90% | 330 | $1.6k (exactly $1,647) | Forgotten Realms |
 | BiColor - Vision Trainer | $9.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $1.5k (exactly $1,498) | Binary Brain Games | |
 | Fidget Widget | $6.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $419 (exactly $419) | tatsumaki games | |
 | The Fallen Kingdom | $1.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $298 (exactly $298) | Lucas Baldi Aragão | |
 | Rollie | $1.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $239 (exactly $239) | Isole Games | |
 | KICKSLAUGHT | · EA | $0.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $238 (exactly $238) | RedenelGO |
 | Ashes Of The Past | $0.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $89 (exactly $89) | Alperen Irez | |
 | Fishing Master Kitty | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | 0cd studio | |
 | AI Math Dash | $0.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | AA Mini Games Studio | |
 | HAPPY RUNNER | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Bogosor Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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